READINGS There’s virtually no limit to what you can read at a wedding – Profound, romantic, religious, poetic, plain, classic, sacred, humorous all have a place here. The idea is to symbolize what is important to you and reflects the qualities of your relationship and your love for each other. People tend to go for traditional readings not because they’re boring and have no imagination – but because the author said what they did so perfectly, that it can’t be said any better. Choosing something traditional means you understand the commonality between humanity, the rich emotional depth we all share and being brave enough to share it; so that we can all remember why love is the greater of all emotions. Just remember that although the day is all about you and your partner, it’s also about your family and friends who you have invited to witness your love commitment to each other ... It’s important to reflect on how your choices may affect others. Humor at a wedding is quite appropriate; it’s likely that you and your guests will enjoy a break from the sweeping romantic drama that public declarations of love can be. Weddings tend to make us all choked up at the exquisiteness of life, that there is so much joy and the beauty in a world that is often painful. Agreeing to love and not hate, to work it out and not fight, it’s your moment to declare your Gandhi like devotion to all that is good and right in the world – that’s why weddings are so very special. He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread upon my dreams. WB YEATS Close this window